Nozzle-holder.



No. 354,178. PATENTED MAY 21, 1907.

\ 'J. H. RUFF.

NOZZLE HOLDER. Arrmgrrlon FILED NOV.1}1906.

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JOSEPH HERBERT RUFF, OF HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA.

NOZZLE-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 21, 1907.

Application filed November 1, 1906- Serial No. 34:1,114.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH HERBERT RUFF, a citizen of the United States,residing at Hollywood, in the county of Los Angeles and State ofCalifornia, have invented cer tain new and useful Improvements in Nozzle-I-Iolders; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention is an improved hose nozzle holder for use in holding thenozzle of a hose employed for sprinkling lawns and for other similarpurposes and consists in the construction, combination and arrangementof devices hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a hosenozzle holder embodying my improvements showing the same in use; Fig. 2is a top plan view of the same; and Fig. 3 is an elevation of the same.

My improved hose nozzle holder is made from a single piece of spring rodof steel or other suitable material. The said rod is bent at a suitabledistance from its upper end to form spring coils 1, from which extends asubstantially horizontal holding arm 2 and a vertical standard 3. Theholding arm has its outer end down-curved and then bent reversely toform a nozzle holding loop 4, the upper end of which is open as at 5.The standard 3 is bent at a suitable distance from its upper end to forma clamping arm 6 which comprises a downwardly curved loop formed of thetwo members 7-8 and a bend 9 which forms a continuation of the inner endof the member 8 and passes around the inner end of the member 7 tosecure the inner ends of said members together.

In order to use my improved hose nozzle holder the lower portion of thestandard 3 thereof is forced downwardly into the ground to cause theclamp arm 6 to bear on the hose a, the hose nozzle 6 is placed in theloop 4 which projects from one side of the plane of the standard, whilethe clamping arm 6'projects from the opposite side thereof. The hose isthen adjusted as required to cause the tension thereof to hold thenozzle in the desired position, and the standard 3 is pressed deeperinto the ground to cause the clamping arm 6 to bear on the hose and holdthe hose in such adjusted position. The supporting arm 2 being providedwith spring coils, co-acts with the hose in causing the nozzle to'be setat any desired inclination, as will be understood. It will also beunderstood that the nozzle may be turned in any desired direction,simply by turning the holder, since the standard, the lower portion ofwhich is embedded in the ground, forms a pivot and enables the holder aswell as the nozzle end of the hose to be readily turned.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the inventionwill be readily understood without re quiring a more extendedexplanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details ofconstructlon may be resorted to without departing from the principle orsacrificing any of the advantages of the invention, as defined by theappended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A hose nozzle holder comprising a pivot standard adapted to be thrustinto the ground, a nozzle holding arm projecting from the upper end ofsaid standard at an angle thereto and a hose clamping arm projectingfrom said standard at a suitable distance from the upper end thereof tobear on the upper side of the hose and press the hose against theground, substantially as described.

2. The herein described hose nozzle holder comprising a standard, a hoseclamping arm projecting laterally from one side thereof to bear on theupper side of the hose and press the hose against the ground, springcoils at the upper end of the standard, an arm eX- tending from saidspring coils at an angle to the said standard and a nozzle holding loopat the outer end of said spring supported arm, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set.

.my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH HERBERT RUFF.

Witnesses:

R. H. WELTS, T. L. GENTRY.

